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Artifact Details

Title

Catalog Number

Type

Still image

Publisher

The Science Museum

Place of Publication

London

Identifying Numbers

Other number

#654

Verso pencil

Other number

1726/82

Verso pencil

Dimensions

overall: 7 3/4 in x 9 1/4 in

Description

Black and white image of the Geheimschreiber . This was a German cipher machine developed by Seimans Company to modify a teleprinter to produce enchipered messages. This photograph was a part of talk by Donald Davies at the Digital Computer Museum.
Verso has black stamp " Copyright Enquiries to The science Museum". Also paper sticker " Geheimschreiber, ( used in WWII by Germany)